KARACHI, Pakistan: It was the kind of attack Pakistani authorities had dreaded. A highly educated female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers in Karachi in April along with their local driver, targeting nationals from Pakistan’s most important partner and seeking to undermine a relationship on which Islamabad’s financial survival largelyContinue Reading
AHMEDABAD: At least 40 individuals were killed when a people bridge in the western Indian state associated with Gujarat collapsed, falling hundreds of people right into a river, a state ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) said. More than 400 individuals were on the suspension link over the Machhu Lake in the town associatedContinue Reading
AHMEDABAD: At least 30 people were killed and dozens critically injured when a suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat state collapsed on Sunday (Oct 30), two government officials said. “We can confirm that 30 people have lost their lives, many have been rescued from the river and some are stillContinue Reading
AHMEDABAD, India: At least 60 individuals were killed when a people bridge over a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging numerous people into the drinking water, officials said. Authorities mentioned more than 150 individuals were on the suspension link over the Machhu River in theContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Britain’s foreign minister has insisted during a visit to India that “a lot of progress” has been made in talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal despite negotiators missing a recent deadline. “We have made a lot of progress in the negotiations, and we continue to work for an agreementContinue Reading
SEOUL: International leaders expressed condolences after at least 22 foreign nationals from 12 countries were among those killed in a deadly crowd surge in Seoul’s Itaewon district, a popular nightlife spot for South Koreans and expatriates alike. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on SundayContinue Reading
“IT JUST FELL APART” Washington stations about 27,000 US troops in South Korea to help protect it against the nuclear-armed North, and Taylor and his friends are based at Camp Casey in Gyeonggi. On their week off, they decided to go to the festivities at Itaewon but said that whenContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday (Oct 28) its policy towards North Korea had not changed after a senior US official responsible for nuclear policy raised some eyebrows by saying Washington would be willing to engage in arms-control talks with Pyongyang. Some experts argue that recognising North Korea asContinue Reading
BRASILIA: Brazil’s electoral authorities are preparing for a competitive election on Sunday (Oct 30) with a result that may be contested by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro if he loses to his leftist adversary, who has a narrow lead in recent opinion polls. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), led by justicesContinue Reading
Uzbek workers of a waste processing plant in the western Russian city of Oryol, who were handed mobilisation notices and ordered to show up at the local conscription point, asked their president for help, a local news outlet reported. Moscow started the mobilisation campaign, its first since World War Two,Continue Reading